Since 1958, the only thing better than just opening a door on your Advent Calendar is opening a door and finding a piece of CHOCOLATE behind it! These German Chocolate Advent Calendars are sure to be a hit for kids of all ages!! Now, you can find Chocolate Advent calendars at the discount store, but you get what you pay…
Category: Advent
The History of German Christmas Markets- A German Holiday Tradition
Every year, Christmas Markets pop up across Germany at the beginning of the Advent Season, signaling the approach of the Christmas Holidays. Christmas Markets began centuries ago, when regular markets were extended by a few extra days to make the cold season a little more cheerful for chilly Villagers. Goods were probably laid out on the streets or on…
Traditional German Advent Wreath – Count the Sundays before Christmas
The Advent Calendar isn’t the only way to mark the time before Christmas; in our home, we always had a Traditional German Advent Wreath. My mother would bring it out on the first Sunday of Advent, and the Holiday Season would officially begin in our home. I couldn’t understand why other (non-German) houses I visited didn’t have them. But then,…
Traditional German Advent Calendars- Count the Days to Christmas!
Having a traditional German Advent calendar to count down the days to Christmas was as normal to me as breathing or putting on house shoes; it is just something we had in our home. Most years, they were simple, a double-thick cardboard sheet printed with Christmas scenes and pretty pictures behind each door. In later years, we had German chocolate Advent…